Kaohsiung vs Vilnius - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Vilnius
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$1261
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$3008
🏠 One person rent	$361	$686
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$1176
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$387
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$72.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$1615
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	80	62
😀 Quality of life	83	80
🏙️ Population	2.73M	581K

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 24% less expensive than in Vilnius. Cities ranked 5750th and 4316th ($956 vs $1261) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Taiwan and Lithuania, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Lithuania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 1.3 months in Vilnius. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Vilnius ranked 1st in Lithuania, while ranked 417th and 529th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Vilnius

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	Kaohsiung	Vilnius
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.82	$10.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$54.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$7.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$4.9
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$3.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$1.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$687
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$1330
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$856
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$135
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$211
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$14.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	4.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$5319
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$3255
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$0.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$30.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$10.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.54
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$2.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$6.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$1.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$3.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$2.48
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$9.29
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$5.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$1.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$34.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$8.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$49.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$18.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$72.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$92.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$582
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$8531

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$814
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$788
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$747
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$770
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$796
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$813
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$894
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$728
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$897
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$821
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$731
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$823
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1073
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$627
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$688
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$644
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$967
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$625
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$581
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$451
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$669
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$443
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$569
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$649
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$648
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$655
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$603
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$630
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$936
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$681
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$431
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$764
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$726
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$601
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$601

Cities near Vilnius

Distance	City	Cost of living
77 km or 48 mi	Jonava	$847
86 km or 53 mi	Alytus	$850
90 km or 56 mi	Kaunas	$1150
93 km or 58 mi	Utena	$936
125 km or 78 mi	Marijampole	$882
130 km or 81 mi	Panevezys	$950
148 km or 92 mi	Grodno	$385
153 km or 95 mi	Daugavpils	$843
166 km or 103 mi	Suwalki	$1016
171 km or 107 mi	Minsk	$727
180 km or 112 mi	Baranavichy	$517
186 km or 116 mi	Siauliai	$953
205 km or 127 mi	Jekabpils	$840
214 km or 133 mi	Elk	$1025
215 km or 133 mi	Barysaw	$570
223 km or 138 mi	Bialystok	$935
240 km or 149 mi	Jelgava	$804
240 km or 149 mi	Rezekne	$761
241 km or 150 mi	Ogre	$933
259 km or 161 mi	Mazeikiai	$983
262 km or 163 mi	Riga	$1113
269 km or 167 mi	Lomza	$964
271 km or 168 mi	Jurmala	$1299
286 km or 178 mi	Klaipeda	$969
290 km or 180 mi	Pinsk	$435
301 km or 187 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
307 km or 191 mi	Kaliningrad	$741
308 km or 192 mi	Brest	$469
310 km or 192 mi	Babruysk	$438
317 km or 197 mi	Vitebsk	$300
318 km or 197 mi	Valmiera	$835
327 km or 203 mi	Olsztyn	$1093
328 km or 204 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
336 km or 209 mi	Liepaja	$953
339 km or 211 mi	Mogilev	$474
342 km or 212 mi	Siedlce	$882
366 km or 228 mi	Ciechanow	$1095
379 km or 236 mi	Ventspils	$869
385 km or 239 mi	Elblag	$977
390 km or 242 mi	Otwock	$1302